units

BFF5916

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Banking and Finance
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2014 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Evening)

Synopsis

Topics include the latest international banking regulatory concerns, geographic focus of banking in Europe, Asia and less developed economies; the European monetary system; Euromarkets; trade finance and trade facilitation agencies; country risk analysis.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. analyse characteristics of international banking and consider the rational of domestic banks to expand overseas by researching and applying topics that are generally outside the typical finance undergraduate curriculum
  2. develop an understanding of the financial structure of countries and apply that understanding to a particular country to report potential international banking opportunities based on a country's current financial structure
  3. research, evaluate and report on a current international banking issue
  4. demonstrate an awareness of the complex and changing nature of Euro zone banking
  5. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with international banking and finance and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFF5916.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Piyadasa Edirisuriya

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prohibitions

AFF9160